The Kids Are Alright: Millennial Generalizations Are Getting Old
Release Date:
09/20/2017
... are the millennials, who the Pew Research Center tells us were born between 1980 and 1997 and, in 2015, surpassed ...
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Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan
Release Date:
09/27/2017
A massive iceberg about four times the size of Manhattan broke off Antarctica on Saturday, the U.S. National Ice Center confirmed to CBS News.
Opinion: Why Small, Local, Organic Farms Aren’t The Key To Fixing Our Food System
Release Date:
10/02/2017
... corn and soy for cheap meat and processed food, which make us fat and sick. While we can talk about the extent to which ...
How Nonprofit Programs Scale Up: Findings From The Wallace Foundation
Release Date:
10/03/2017
The Wallace Foundation’s latest report, “Strategies to Scale Up Social Programs: Pathways, Partnerships and Fidelity,” is the latest entry in what the Wallace Foundation itself calls the “field of scale-up studies.”
Russell Sage Foundation Supported Studies Explore How Affordable Health Care Reduces Poverty and Payday Borrowing
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... The authors develop the first poverty measure in the US that takes into account the need for health care and find ...
Underwritten by JPB Foundation, New York City’s Libraries Will Forgive All Children’s Fines
Release Date:
10/19/2017
... according to library officials. “They shouldn’t block us from reading because of money.” On Thursday, the ...
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Nov
2017
Hats on, Hats Off – A Creative Approach to Capacity Building
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
... organizational and field types. We hope you’ll join us . Explore Nuts and bolts of capacity building - what it ...
Funded In Part by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bard College to Launch ‘Microcollege,’ Targeting Low-Income Applicants
Release Date:
11/01/2017
Bard College plans to launch a “microcollege” at the Brooklyn Public Library and will be free for students, aiming to attract talented low-income applicants who haven’t sought degrees due to the pricetag or personal hardships
GroundTruth, Supported By The Henry Luce Foundation and Ford Foundation, Launches Report America, Designed To Reignite Local Journalism
Release Date:
11/06/2017
The nonprofit GroundTruth Project is devoted to narrative storytelling around the world. Its new offshoot, Report for America, is designed to reignite local journalism in
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
11/26/2017
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals...
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act
Release Date:
11/26/2017
Russell Sage Foundation Issues RFP for Research on Effects of Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 represents the most significant reform of the U.S. health care system in decades. It was enacted with the goals...
Bloomberg Donates $5 Million To Baltimore Police For New Cameras, Technology
Release Date:
12/04/2017
... occurs with maps of the camera system. “This will allow us to fill in those blind spots that exist currently,” he ...
Commonwealth Fund Report Shows That Medicaid, Medicare Accounted for 59% of Health Care Revenue for Largest Insurers
Release Date:
12/07/2017
In 2016, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for nearly 60 percent of health care revenues reported by the five largest U.S. commercial health insurance companies (UnitedHealthCare, Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Humana), according to a new Health Affairs study...
John A. Hartford Foundation Named One of Nation’s Top Funders Addressing Aging America
Release Date:
12/15/2017
Recent grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation are one of the few bright spots in philanthropic support for seniors, which remains small, even as the U.S. elderly population grows rapidly.
The New York Community Trust Awards $600K Grant for NYC Creative Aging Initiative
Release Date:
01/05/2018
Lifetime Arts to lead major effort to advance Creative Aging movement in NYC.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announces the 2018 Sloan Research Fellows
Release Date:
02/15/2018
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships, awarded yearly since 1955, honor early-career scholars whose...
Research Funded By Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Leads to a Method to Safely Charge a Smartphone Wirelessly Using a Laser
Release Date:
02/21/2018
... mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones let us communicate, work and access information wirelessly, their ...
JPMorgan Chase Strengthens Its Commitment To Support Urban Entrepreneurs of Color
Release Date:
02/27/2018
... that's exactly the plan. Not too long ago, JPMorgan gave us a look at how it’ll proceed , laying out a $20 billion .....
05
Apr
2018
The NRA's Power to Thwart Gun Control & How Organizations are Responding - A Webinar Hosted by FCCP
Thursday, April 5, 2018 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm
... clear that the NRA has an outsized impact on policy. Join us for a conversation, hosted by FCCP's Money in Politics .....
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Makes Water Purification Breakthrough
Release Date:
04/03/2018
The ability to create clean, safe drinking water using only natural levels of sunlight and inexpensive gel technology could be at hand, thanks to an innovation in water purification.